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Trump invites Project 2025 author to present economic data after jobs report showing rising Black unemployment
The president attempted to tell a different story about the U.S. economy than what the latest job report revealed. President ...
Why America’s jobs data may be getting it wrong
The rise of entrepreneurship and AI-driven solopreneurs is reshaping the labor market—but U.S. data hasn’t caught up.
5 things to know about the jobs report controversy that has economists defending government data
Response rates to government surveys have plummeted since COVID, but experts say that doesn't mean the numbers are wrong ...
Why jobs revisions that led Trump to fire statistics head were so huge
The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn't rigged data).
WATCH: Biden jobs chart had 'gigantic error'; Trump right to fire BLS chief, economist says
During an Oval Office meeting, pro-Trump economist Steve Moore said the president made the right call to fire the head of Bureau of Labor Statistics given faulty jobs projections.
Trump ‘has convinced himself’ jobs data manipulated for election: Haberman
New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman said Tuesday that President Trump “has convinced himself” that jobs data was ...
Trump says he doesn’t trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do
The recent revisions downward were unusually large, but there are many factors that require updating numbers, and rigging the data would be difficult.
Bessent: How Can The Fed Set Rates When Jobs Data Is This Broken? "This Was A Five Standard Deviation Mistake"
Treasury Secretary Bessent defended President Trump's decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) head Erika McEntarfer after unprecedented downward revisions to May and June jobs figures ...
Why the B.L.S. Regularly Revises Jobs Data
President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week and described a jobs report that included a big ...